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janforman
Oct 20, 2012Aspirant
USB EXT2/3/4 format from Frontview on ARM
It's possible to add ext2/3 format for USB devices via Frontend? Today I must use SSH access and mkfs on NAS or another Linux box. -- i don't need any help, this is for information only -- Btw. e...
janforman
Oct 21, 2012Aspirant
I can swith EXT2/3/4 with data on, because I have EXT4 extended features off.
But EXT4 is unusable because system is very heavy loaded, while EXT3 is fine.
This looks like EXT4 don't perform well, when there are a lot of files and nearly full volume.
(but it can be some sort of bug as I said)
USB backup is a lot faster when ext2 is used, but disc must be formatted outside NAS or with SSH access to device.
But EXT4 is unusable because system is very heavy loaded, while EXT3 is fine.
This looks like EXT4 don't perform well, when there are a lot of files and nearly full volume.
(but it can be some sort of bug as I said)
USB backup is a lot faster when ext2 is used, but disc must be formatted outside NAS or with SSH access to device.
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